The wand in the hand is placed in the middle of the tripod's legs.
With water he sprinkles both the hem of his garment and his foot.
A voice, fear: he trembles in his robes.
Divine splendor; the God sits nearby.

Nostradamus describes the occult activities he indulged in,
and how he heard a voice wispering. While being in trance,
he heard a voice in his mind. Could it be that Nostradamus was at the receiving
end of a communication channel? The occult activities enabled him to
connect to the source of his knowledge. What he describes as
divine revelation could have been the result of a future
science experiment.

For by the latter, with the help of inspiration and
divinerevelation,
and continual calculations, I have set down my prophecies in writing.
Fearing lest this occult philosophy be condemned, I did not therefore
wish to make known its dire import; also fearful that several books which
had lain hidden for long centuries might be discovered,
and of what might become of them, after reading them I presented them to Vulcan.
And while he devoured them, the flame licking the air gave out
such an unexpected light, clearer than that of an ordinary flame
and resembling fire from some flashing cataclysm, and suddenly illumined
the house as if it were caught in a furnace. Which is why I reduced them
to ashes then, so that none might be tempted to use occult
labors in searching for the perfect transmutation, whether lunar or solar,
of incorruptible metals.

If divine revelation and sending message through time are related
then it is clear that both the sender and receiver live in a
clearly different realities, both live in different
worlds formed by their own experiences, perceptions and ideas. Something that
complicates communication.